Alexander Munro

(Western District) Born in Aberdeen, 17th October 1820, and converted to Catholicism by Rev. Charles Gordon, 1838; a printer and compositor before entering Blairs, 2nd August 1841; ordained a priest, 24/29th March 1849, and left for Scotland, 24th April 1849; after four years in Duntocher, returned to Valladolid as professor, 20th May 1853 to 16th April 1861; while there, wrote Calvinism in its Relations to Scripture and Reason (Glasgow 1856); after five years in Paisley, transferred to St. Andrew’s, Glasgow, where he spent the remainder of his life; received honorary doctorate of theology, made a canon and first provost of the cathedral chapter (1884), and domestic prelate (1888); died in Glasgow, 23rd November 1892.

Date	Age	Description
17 Oct. 1820		Born Aberdeen
		Worked as a compositor and printer for the Aberdeen Herald
1841-1843	21	Blairs
29 Sep. 1843	23	Arrived in the College
24/29 Mar. 1849	28	Ordained a priest in Valladolid
24 Apr. 1849	28	Left for Scotland
1849-1853	29	Duntocher
1853-1861	33	Professor, Valladolid
1861-1867	41	St Mirin's, Paisley
1867-1892	47	St Andrew's, Glasgow
1884	64	Received honorary doctorate of theology, made a canon and first provost of the cathedral chapter
1888	68	Made a domestic prelate
23 Nov. 1892	72	Died Glasgow

According to civil records, his father was Donald Munro, soldier, and his mother's surname was Scroggie. Her forename is indecipherable.

Report of the ordination of Alexander Munro in the Scottish Catholic Directory of 1850.

The Rev. Alexander Monro was born in Aberdeen, on the 17th October, 1820. He was received into St. Mary’s College, Blairs, on the 2d of August, 1848; and, on the 9th September, 1843, he set out for the Scots College of Valladolid, where, having completed his studies, he was ordained Priest by the Bishop of that See, on the 24th March, 1849. On bis return to Scotland, in May following, he was appointed to the Mission of Duntocher, near Glasgow.